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morn

American  
[mawrn] / mɔrn /

noun

Literary.
  • morns
    plural
  1. morning.


morn British  
/ mɔːn /

noun

  1. a poetic word for morning

  2. tomorrow

  3. tomorrow night

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Etymology

Origin of morn

before 900; Middle English morn ( e ), Old English morne (dative of morgen morning); cognate with Dutch, German Morgen

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In vain the kindly call: in vain The plate for which thou once wast fain At morn and noon and daylight’s wane, O King of mousers.

From Seattle Times Mar. 3, 2023

In fact, we have become so affluent that a Christmas gift is almost superfluous on Christmas morn.

From Washington Times Nov. 22, 2022

"A restless morn inside congressional GOP," Costa wrote on Twitter.

From Salon Nov. 9, 2022

So frosty a morn had not come our way since Feb. 20 with its 23 degrees.

From Washington Post Mar. 4, 2022

The evening stars shine brighter, And glad is every dewy morn, For way down South in Mississippi, Folks are happy they have been born.

From "Black Like Me" by John Howard Griffin

Autumn ushers in mild days, brisk nights and crisp morns.

From Washington Times Sep. 26, 2018

Even though the world of guitar morns today, we can rest assured that Riley B. King will continue to influence and inspire guitar players for generations to come.

From Forbes May 15, 2015

Left: One of the last two Mariana crows on Guam morns the death of his mate a few days earlier while perched in his enclosure.

From Scientific American May 24, 2011

Of old—as one in sleep, life, errant, strayed Its wondrous morns and fabled evenings through; When God's right hand toward far Canaan's blue Traced golden paths, deep in the twilight shade.

From Poems of Emile Verhaeren by Emile Verhaeren

O stormy pines, that wrestle with the breath Of every tempest, sharp and icy horns And hoary glaciers, sparkling in the morns, And broad dim wonders of the world beneath!

From The Aldine, Vol. 5, No. 1., January, 1872 A Typographic Art Journal by Various

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